Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000495
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2000 NW 46TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33142 · (305) 633-0429 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
190 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 63.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 294 | 64.6% | 54.4% |
| MIAMI GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 264 | 64.8% | 61.7% |
| BEL-AIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 324 | 63.9% | 49.0% |
| JOHNNIE M PARRIS COLONIAL DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 289 | 56.7% | 57.7% |
| PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 373 | 67.6% | 33.3% |
| ENEIDA M. HARTNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 324 | 61.4% | 39.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,114 of 2,136 | #163 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #436 of 2,149 ▲ 347 | #79 of 279 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,121 of 2,149 ▲ 583 | #157 of 279 ▲ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,998 of 2,267 | #242 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,502 of 2,077 | #169 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #1,555 of 2,108 | #62 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #707 of 2,188 | #92 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #599 of 1,374 | #110 of 185 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
294
-47 (-14%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 65% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 65% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 18 | 17.3:1 | 68% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 96% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 90% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 98% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 89% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 97% (512) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 52 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that serves part of MIAMI, Florida. There are 294 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
The district for KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is MIAMI-DADE, with 527 schools and 335,685 students.
Of every 100 students at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 67 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 33% Black. Among Miami-Dade County residents, the Hispanic share is about 69%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. The school has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. In all, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Miami-Dade County is 17 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.8% for KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 54.4%, 5.7 points above the prediction.
The county, Miami-Dade County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,753 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools with about 335,817 students, including KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, EARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 54.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 294, from 341 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 17.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
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- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- EARLINGTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 371
- MIAMI JACKSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,213
- BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 477
- AGENORIA S PASCHAL/OLINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 296
- GEORGIA JONES AYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 448
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS0.8 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 67% Hispanic, 33% Black.
Who oversees KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KELSEY L. PHARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
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